I used to think that artichokes were animals because my mother said we were eating artichoke hearts.
A childhood belief about general

others believed things like this
- I used to believe an artichoke was an animal and we only ate its heart. — Laura
- I used to believe anchovies and artichokes were the same thing.— Darren
- I used to believe the "hair" in artichokes was poison.— Dawn
- When I was little I used to think that women had two hearts - one inside each breast.— Rick
- My mother convinced all of us kids in our family that the large rhubarb in the garden was a Man-Eating Plant. — H.Miller
- I used to believe eating fish enables me to live underwater and eating veggy makes me prettier!— Melody